Senior Engineer II-Applications

Microchip Technology Inc.; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 70,304 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base pay

Restricted stock units

Quarterly bonus payments

Health benefits from day one

Retirement savings plans

Industry-leading ESPP program

Job summary

Microchip Technology Inc. seeks a Senior Engineer II-Applications to provide customer support and drive product success in the Networking and Communications Group. Responsibilities include direct technical support, training, and product development.

The role requires a Bachelor's/Master's in electrical engineering, strong communication skills, and extensive experience in relevant engineering fields. Benefits include competitive pay, restricted stock units, and health benefits from day one.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7.5 years of experience in relevant fields.
• Ability to produce high-quality engineering documentation.
• Experience troubleshooting hardware and software issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct technical support to engineering teams.
• Work with marketing to understand product requirements.
• Develop and present technical training for customers.

Skills

Strong written communication skills

Understanding of mixed-signal systems

Experience in Silicon/System Architecture

Experience designing hardware systems

Basic understanding of software design

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electrical engineering

Tools

Altium

Cadence

Function generators

Power supplies

Multimeters

Oscilloscopes

Job description

Microchip Technology Inc. has a Senior Engineer II-Applications opening in the Networking and Communications Group. The successful candidate will enable customers to be successful with USB products. Responsibilities include training sales and field engineers on the products, answering customer questions, debugging system implementation problems, writing documentation, and developing evaluation hardware to demonstrate product features.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct technical support to sales and field application engineers as well as key strategic customers.
• Work with product marketing and end customers to understand product requirements and end goals and steer new product development to ensure product goals are met.
• Advocate for new development of companion silicon products with peer business unit leaders to create a total system solution.
• Coordinate with product marketers to initiate and maintain technical partnerships with other silicon vendors to provide joint collateral (reference schematics, evaluation and form‑factor hardware designs) and collaborative pre‑production customer support.
• Develop and present technical training such as webinars, hands‑on workshops, etc. to customers, sales, and field application engineers.
• Develop collateral such as application notes, data sheets, reference designs, and other activities for new product development.

Requirements/Qualifications

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent discipline with a minimum of 7.5 years of experience.
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to produce high‑quality engineering documentation.
• Experience in Silicon/System Architecture, Applications Engineering, or Systems Engineering roles.
• Experience in designing hardware systems.
• Strong understanding of mixed‑signal systems and inter‑chip protocols.
• Basic understanding of software design.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience and schedule flexibility to collaborate with USB & Networking group’s decentralized global engineering teams.
• Experience with high‑speed interfaces including USB, PCI Express, Ethernet, etc.
• Experience designing electrical circuits, system design, and reference design schematic capture with software‑based PCB design tools (e.g., Altium, Cadence).
• Leader or direct contributor in a technical role to bring three or more silicon products to market.
• Embedded and/or application programming experience (e.g., C, Python, LabView) including commercial products, personal and open‑source projects.
• Experience troubleshooting hardware and software issues.
• Proficient with essential lab equipment including function generators, power supplies, multimeters, and oscilloscopes.
• Debugging experience with serial protocol analyzers (inter‑chip protocols, USB, PCIe, etc.).
• Contributor or liaison for international standards or special interest groups.
• Experience with hardware and microcontroller‑based designs.
• Experience in technical training development and presentation.
• Experience in direct customer service and support.

Travel Time

0% – 25%

Physical Attributes

Hearing, Seeing, Talking, Works Alone, Works Around Others

Physical Requirements

Standing 20%, Walking 20%, Sitting 80%, Inside 100%, Monday‑Friday 8‑5 PM

Pay Range

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. The annual base salary range for this position, which could be performed in the US, is $70,304 – $205,000. The range is dependent on numerous factors including job location, skills, and experience.

Benefits of working at Microchip include competitive base pay, restricted stock units, quarterly bonus payments, health benefits from day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry‑leading ESPP program with a 2‑year look‑back feature.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Microchip Technology Inc. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.